finleysmaid Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 we'll we've been waiting and they're here! arrived today... NO not ofsted! 6 beautiful large duck eggs....we're all very eggcited :rolleyes: B) ::1a 8 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 2, 2017 Author Posted May 2, 2017 Smashing! Keep us updated :1b blimey don't use THAT word...have had to block off the whole area from the cleaners...terrified there might be a horrible sight in the morning! 2 Quote
Panders Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 To be honest looks like you've been to Lakeland and bought the latest in electric egg boiler! How long do you wait now for them to hatch? My grand daughter's class had duck eggs last year, she used to call them the 'duckerlings' so sweet. 3 Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 blimey don't use THAT word...have had to block off the whole area from the cleaners...terrified there might be a horrible sight in the morning! :lol: I knew eggzactly what i was saying :rolleyes: Hey - but wait - you have cleaners? Blimey how the other half live :lol: :lol: Anyway - crack on! :lol: 3 Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 To be honest looks like you've been to Lakeland and bought the latest in electric egg boiler! oh that's a bit scary - let's hope she knows what she's doing :blink: sure she does, she is usually a shining eggzample to us all :lol: Right enough with corny yolks - I have work to do :rolleyes: 1 Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 Hang on - these gags are a bit eggxtreme! eggstraordinary comment Isp - I have no idea what you mean :rolleyes: 3 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 Well we have 6 ducklings! all of them hatched today 2 this morning...two this afternoon and two at after school club ! perfect!!! 5 Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 :1b :1b :1b :1b :1b :1b Wow fm - how fabulous - did you know that it would all be so quick? Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 Oh and does that mean that I shouldn't hatch any plans for further jokes :lol: 2 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 so they will stay with us till a week on friday, We get to put them in their brood cage tomorrow and then they get to go swimming next week :wub: When they leave us they will go back to the farm (egg not poultry!!!!!) We have promised NOT to name them...I don't want 5 weeping members of staff next week 2 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 no we didn't know it would be so quick ...they suggest the eggs will hatch in the first 48 hours but ours all popped out today. It's very clever, they check the eggs and choose them send them out on a Monday or Tuesday have Wednesday off and then pick them up Thursday or Friday. Lovely chap delivered them. Really wished I had worked out how to do the tip lapse on my laptop will have to aim for this next time 2 Quote
Panders Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 tip lapse?? Time lapse maybe New photos for the next few days please. 1 Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 I just assumed 'tip lapse' was some fancy new-fangled thing that I had never heard of :blink: :lol: 3 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 oohps sorry ...very tiring giving birth Photos will be posted 2 Quote
sunnyday Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 Completely understandable fm - particularly giving birth to sextuplets :lol: 3 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 4, 2017 Author Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) ready for your aaahhhh moment for today??????? o_2915_1snadfng59k5y64qc61qtr7j0hqcmw8c.mp4 Edited May 4, 2017 by finleysmaid 5 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 4, 2017 Author Posted May 4, 2017 not sure if the video will open but I can't remove it now!!! If it does take a look it is VERY cute! Quote
Froglet Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 If it does take a look it is VERY cute! It is, thank you! 1 Quote
Panders Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) So sweet, in honour of your Duckerlings I read a Fergus the Dog story about baby ducks following him and woofing instead of quacking today, children adored it. Edited May 4, 2017 by Panders 3 Quote
finleysmaid Posted May 4, 2017 Author Posted May 4, 2017 So sweet, in honour of your Duckerlings I read a Fergus the Dog story about baby ducks following him and woofing instead of quacking today, children adored it. so sweet! I am happy to provide you with a special photo or two to share!! We are reading gumboots chocolatey day tomorrow....also about a young duck but he makes friends with a pig!! 1 Quote
Joanne123 Posted May 6, 2017 Posted May 6, 2017 We are so lucky in our nursery. Our outside space is tiny, but for the last 3 years we have had a duck nesting under one of the only bushes in the garden. She sits on it each day, well hidden (but the children know she's there) less than a foot away from the playing children. After hatching she hangs about for a couple of days, leaving the safety of her nest, then scurrying back with her chicks when the children go out. ☺️ 4 Quote
LKeyteach Posted May 6, 2017 Posted May 6, 2017 Love these ducklings. I really need to sort myself out next year and do this hatching stuff. Quote
laura Posted May 7, 2017 Posted May 7, 2017 We had ducklings and chicks this year. We used our pupil premium money to get them. Children loved them. The ducklings went to happy homes, 2 to my house to join our other 8! and the other 4 went to live on a pub allotment. We have a duck nesting in out nursery hedge too, bizarrely about a meter high! she sits happily on her nest and pops out for a waddle when the children come in! Quote
zigzag Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 We had ducklings and chicks this year. We used our pupil premium money to get them. Children loved them. The ducklings went to happy homes, 2 to my house to join our other 8! and the other 4 went to live on a pub allotment. We have a duck nesting in out nursery hedge too, bizarrely about a meter high! she sits happily on her nest and pops out for a waddle when the children come in! What a great way to use your pupil premium money! Quote
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